Each evening, I finish my day in clinic and walk to my car. If I’m lucky, I catch the sunset on my way home. At any other time, I would have stopped to admire the fading sunset sky – the reds, oranges, and blues blended amidst the clouds. At any other time, this view would have brought me a sense of peace and comfort. However, these days the hazy clouds only remind me of lungs ravaged by COVID-19, ground-glass opacities which have swallowed the sky. This pandemic has reshaped how we view the world, literally and figuratively, and will leave us in a haze for some time to come.
Kelly Chen
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine